Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse and John Belushi are some of the celebrities who have been associated with the ‘just another dead junkie’ phrase.

Band member Joe Breaker insisted: “We are making a legitimate point.

“It might be putting salt in the family’s wounds, but the information is not new, it’s been well documented in the media.”

The t-shirts have been released to coincide with the band’s concept album ‘Better Off Dead’.

Their website claims: “The album focuses on the types of people who have played a role in the collapse of Irish societal values and cultural identity, and as a result are better off dead. Bankers, socialites, overpaid broadcasters, blah blah blah.”

One outlet has already discontinued sales of the offensive t-shirts.

“They’ll still be sold, even if we have to sell them ourselves,” said Breaker.